NAIROBI, Jul 6 2018 (IPS) - Joshua Kiragu reminisces of years gone by when just one of his two hectares of land produced at least 40 bags of maize. But that was 10 years ago. Today, Kiragu can barely scrape up 20 bags from the little piece of land that he has left – it measures just under a hectare.

Kiragu, who is from Kenya’s Rift Valley region, tells IPS that years of extreme and drastic weather patterns continue to take their toll on his once-thriving maize business. His business, he says, has all but collapsed.

BRUSSELS, May 14, 2012 (IPS) - In an unprecedented move, all 27 EU development ministers championed budget support Monday as an effective way of reducing poverty in developing countries. At the same time they gave the green light to a new ground-breaking initiative to prevent new humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa.

STOCKHOLM, Aug 21 (IPS) - The
widespread water scarcity in the African continent, impacting on the lives
of nearly 300 million people, may be aggravated further by several new
threats, including climate change, transboundary disputes and the negative
fallout from military conflicts.

Par Granstedt, general secretary of the
Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA), points out
that the African continent has contributed least to the emissions causing
climate change, but is hardest hit by their effects.